The Search For Enlightenment

Another glorious day on the Dorset coast.

A quick bimble over to Norden to catch the steam train down to Swanage, what could be more perfect? Well a carriage that isn’t full of parents, whose idea of a nice day out didn’t include playing rap on their mobiles and shouting at their children about anything and everything maybe?

Every time something like this happens, I realise that Buddhism and life are one and the same thing. Having the patience to let the rumpus drift away like the plumes of steam from the engine is something that has to be cultivated over time, but I’m slowly getting there.

Realising that these people are simply another aspect of life, and that they have as much right to enjoy their day out, however that may be, takes Wisdom and Compassion.

So a little more chanting and taking time to enjoy the photographs of the railway and Swanage bay may just do the trick.